PLATE XIII. 



EPIDENDRUM COCHLEATUM. 



Purple flowered Epidendrum. 



CLASS XX. ORDER I. 



GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives. 



GENERIC 



Calyx. Spathoe vagae. Spadix fimplex. Pe- 

 rianthium nullum. 



Corolla. Petala quinque, oblonga, longifiima, 

 patentiflima. 



Neclarium bafi tubulatum, turbinatum, 

 intra petala deorfum pofitum, ore obliquo, 

 bifido: fuperiori labio brevifiimo, trifido; 

 inferiori in acumen produdto. 



Stamina. Filamenta duo, breviffima, piftillo 

 infidentia. Antherae tectae labio fuperiore 

 nedtarii. 



Pistilli'm. Germen tenue, longum, contor- 

 tum, inferum. Stylus breviflimus, adnatus 

 labio luperiori nectarii. Stigma obfoletum. 



Pekicarpium. Siliqua longifiima, teres, car- 

 nola. 



Semixa numerofa, minutiflima. 



SPECIFIC 

 Epidendrum foliis oblongis, geminis, glabris, 

 bulbo innatis; fcapo multifloro; ne&ario 

 cordato, purpureo. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalbment. Sheaths fcattered. Fruit-ftalk 

 fimple. Cup none. 



Blossom. Five petals, oblong, of a great length, 

 and fpreading much. 



Homy-cup tubular at the bafe, turban- 

 lhaped, placed between the lower petals, 

 mouth oblique and divided: the upper 

 lip very fhort, cut into three di virions; the 

 lower terminating in a point. 



Chives. Two very lhort threads, fixed on the 

 pointal. Tips covered by the upper lip of 

 the honey-cup. 



Tointal. Seed-bud flender, long, twitted, and 

 beneath. Shaft very fhort, fixed to the upper 

 lip of the honey-cup. Summit blunt. 



Seed-vessel. Pod very long, round, and 

 flefhy. 



Seeds numerous, extremely fmall. 



CHARACTER. 



Epidendrum with oblong leaves growing by 

 pairs, fmooth, rifing from the bulb; ltalk 

 many flowered; honey-cup heart-fhaped 

 and purple. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 

 The Blofibm, without the Honey-cup; difpofed to lhew the iituation of the Chives, and 



Pointal, which are covered by the Honey-cup. 

 The Honey-cup. 

 The Tips. 

 The Summits. 



Of all plants, none furnifli a more agreeable fpeculation to the Eotanift, than thole of this clafs; the 

 lingular conllruction of the whole flower, leads the obferver to form analogous companions from it to 

 animal life: particularly amongft the Orchis, and Ophris, of our own country; where bees, flies, liz- 

 zards, and butterflies are accurately fhaped in the honey-cup. The Genus Epidendrum, takes its Ge- 

 neric title from its place of growth, being what Botanifts term parafitical, that is, growing on an- 

 other plant; which is the cafe, with moft of the fpecies of this Genus: yet is cultivated here with 

 fuccefs, by planting it in a mixture of rotten wood, and loam. A plant, from which this figure was 

 taken, was a prefeut to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy from the Honourable Mrs. Barrington, who received 

 it from Dr. Dancer's botanical garden Jamaica, of which illand it is a native; therefore mull be kept 

 in the ttovc It is propagated by dividing the bulbs. 



